Drag saw



C. A. FOSBERG April 8 1924.

DRAG SAW Filed May 13 1922 Patented pr. 3, 1924. i

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DRAG saw.

Application led May-13,

To' all/whom t may concern y i Be 1t hereby known that l, CHARLES A. FosBEne,a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Portland, in the'county of Multnomah and State oflregon, have 'invented a new and useful Drag Saw, of which L the following is a specification.

'llhis invention relates more particularly to drag saws for felling and cutting logs and timbers.

rlhe objects of my invention -areto provide .an exceedinglysimple and eiicientfdrag saw which is easily separated from its power plant. Y. 4 A second object is tov so construct the saw thatthe weight of the `saw blade is not borne by the saw frame alon'e but by a brace-which y various positions.

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' same or -similar is secured to the saw frame and to the tree, thereby reducing the strain and friction on thefra'me. v i

A third object is to so construct my saw that its blade may be held and locked in A' fourth object is to provide a means for .steadying the tip of the sawhlade until it is sufficiently guided by the saw cut which the blade produces. l

l accomplish these results in the manner set forth in the following specification and 30.

illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:4 i I Figure 1 1s a front elevation of my saw with the-housing and frame partly broken away in section to .better show the relation of the parts. Figure 2 is a plan of the saw with the engine removed from its base. Figure-3 is a bottom View of the crank arm and 4Figure 4 is a section along the line 4- 4 in Fig. l1. Figure 5 is an lenlarged section along the line 5-5 lin Fig. 2.

Figure 6 is a section along the line 6 -'6 in Fig. 5.v Figure 7 .is an end elevation of the a side elevation vof Fig. 7.

Similar numbers of reference refer to the parts throughout the sevsaw tip and its steadying means. Figure 8 is eral views.

Referring in detail tothe drawing, I have constructed my device of a horizontal base l() upon which is mounted a suitable-motor 11 having a ly wheelv12, a belt-pulley 13, and a-shaft 14 which has secured on its outer end a bevel pinion 15V," The shaft 14 journals in the bearing, 1 6 which is formed in the circular faceplate 17erected at one end of thebase 10. vA circularrb`18y is formed' Vor divided in any convenient manner.

shaft 21 'passes through the housing andv 1922. Serial No. 560,795.

journals in the bearings 22. A bevel gear 23 is secured on the shaft 21 and meshes with the pinion 15. The circular flange 24 is formedl around the housing 20. The circular base 25 of the housing. 20 is of the same diameter as is the face plate 17 and has fourV projecting ears 26 which carry the hook bolts 27 which c lamp over the rib 18. lt will be seen that the` housing 2() with its attached parts can be rotated about the axis ofthe shaft 14.

An arched frame 28 is hinged on the outer ends of the bearings 22. Split bearings 29 are provided for assembling purposes. Eyes 29A are formed on the bearings 29 int-o which may be hooked one end of the l brace rod 3Q when working on hilly ground.

The brace rod 30 is provided with a point or dog 30A which can be driven into the tree or log being sawed. A'brace-31 extends from theframe 28 to -the tree 32. A dog 33 is removably hinged by the bolt 34 to the brace 31. A U-shaped clamp 34A is mounted on the brace L31 and is provided with a screw 35 which can be turned by the handle 36. After the dog 33 is driven into the tree 32 the screw 35 is clamped down upon the dog 33. This avoids jarring the saw when striking upon the head 37 of the dog 33. rllhe projecting arm 38 is used to withdraw the point 39 from the wood.

' 4Qn the back'of the frame 28 I have formed the lugs 40'and 41. The lug 41 rubs against thexunder side of the liange 24. A clamping plate 42 rests upon-the lug41 and the flange 24. A pipe spacer 43 rests on theplate 42 and passes through the lug 40. A bolt 44 passes throughthelspacer 43 and'h'as its head under the lug 4l and its nut 45 on top of the `pipe spacer 43. lTightening the nut 45 forces the plate 42 against the flange 24 and locks the frame 28 in relation to the housing 20.

Secured to the shaft 21 isa crank arm 46 on whose hub is formed an eccentric 47 to Whose straps 48 are secured the slide rods 49. This eccentric is used to depress the leading end of the saw as is 4the common practice. The opposite ends of the rods 49 are joined together by a bar '50. To the bar-50 is secured Aan L-shaped arm ,51. An arched saw guide 52 receives the shouldered ends ofthe rods 49 and is secured to the bar 50 bythe boltv 53. The usual wooden 'guidepins 54 hold the saw blade 55 in its' proper plane.

An eye 56is provided .for a rope .when required to feed the saw. The diagonal'brace 57 unites the frame 28 to the middle of the brace 31. A cross head 58 is slidably mounted on the rods 49 and carries lthe saw blade 55 and is joined by the connecting'l rod 59 to 4the crank arm'46. Attached to the .under 66 are square on both sides.

side of the brace 31 is acurved channel 60 whichslidably receives the member 51 and supports the member 52 and its attached parts. The latches 61 are pivoted.- on bolts .62 on which are'placed the springs 63. -A handle 64 onfeach. of the latches 61 enables the operator to raise the Alatch and swing it out of its operative osition. Each of the latches 61 is provide `with the lugs 65 ,and 66 whose intervening spaces are-equal to the Width of the member 51. -The'lugs 65 are beveled on the sides toward the brace 31 and square or. the opposite sides, while the lugs The ends 67 of the channel 60 areiiared to assist in starting the arms- 51 into the channel 60. A handle 68 is threaded into the member 52. A pairof lugs 69 project from the edges of the saw guide 52 and have pivoted thereon the spring arms 70 held together at their hinged end by the bar 71 and united atl their swinging. ends.. which fit snugly in the block 72 to whose sides are at-I tached the spring members 73 which are lined with the fiber strip 74 between which the saw blade 55 slides.

The operation of my deviceis as follows:

When felling a tree the saw is set up, as in.

dicated in Figures 1 and 2,- andthe upper section of the saw solidly placed upon the ground and as level as practicable., The dog point 39 is loosened and driven into'the tree and the nut 45 tightened, as well as the'.

It will be seen that the guide strips 74'- Which held the point of the saw as itvwas beginning its cut are held back by the tree as the saw cuts into the tree, as-shown in Fig.

When cutting logs the" bolts-27 are Y loosened and the entire housing'rotated until the saw'blade. isinthe desired plane when the bolts are again tightened.

It Will'be seen thatthe saw.

blade l55 can'.

Vbe reversed on the cross head 58 and the brace31 be placed onthe opposite'side of the tree, The same applies to the brace 30.

Intliisevent the-.oppositelatch 61 is used vto hold the saw away from the Wood until themachine is properly'fset.

`action produced by supporting the saw along the axis of the shaftl 21 duced.

What I claim as new is:

It is evident that since theisa'w guidelis supported by the'channel (iO-that' the binding is greatly re-vl 1. lA dragsaw including a-'motorframe i anda saw guide rotatably'supported by said.

vframe, andhaving means forlockingsameagainst rotation, in combination with anadj ustable brace hinged tolsai-d framel and having a wood engagingy dog secured at its outer end, a curved track secured to said brace,

engaging said. track in la mannery to support said saw, and a pair vof opposed spriiig.A latchesA located near oppositeends of said. f

trackeach of said latcheshaving a pair ofy opposed lugs angled on their outer sides and 'vsquare ontheir inner sides, which lugs nor- Y inally lie inthe path of said uide-arm-'and which are adapted to raise sai' latches when their an led faces are pressed-'against by said gui e arm 'and to confine'said arm be.

tweentheir square shoulders.

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2. A drag saw including a motor, a frame supporting. said motor,a pitman, guides and saw rotatably and removably mounted on said frame, a dog-carrying brace hingedlon said frame having means for rendering said brace rigid with said frame, a curved track secured on said brace, an arm -secured to- -said-saw guide engaging said track, andl'a double opposed spring latch near each lend of said track the projections of each latch havingangled outer vfaces adapted to admit said guide arm between 'same and hold said A guide arm against movement in either direction until the latch is raised.

3. In "a drag' saw, the combination of a l motor, a base for said motor, a circular `wall iio at the outer end of said base vhaving at its center a bearing for the Vmotor shaft, a rotatable housing mounted Aagainst said 'circus lar wall, means for locking said hou'sing'to .i

said Wall, ashaft journalingin said housing transversely 'with saidV motor `shaft andV "edriven thereby, a. circula-r flange on said housingfa dog-carrviiior arm hinged onthe axis of said transverse ing said arm to said circular flange, a crank driven by said transverse shaft, a saw blade 'driven by said crank, a saw guideon said saw blade, a track attached 'to said dogshaft, means'` for lock- Van arm attached to said saw guide slidably 9.0

carrying arm, and an arm attached to Said saW guide and riding on said track in a manner to support said saw.

4. In -a drag saw, the combination of a dog-carrying brace hinged to a motor frame, a saw guide pivoted on the motor axis, a curved channel secured to said brace, an arm slidably supported by said channel and secured to said saw guide, a double latch secured near each end of said channel, each of said latches consisting of a spring-urged latch rotatably mounted on said channel, each of said latches having linturned projections normally engaging notches in one side ofl said channel, the outer sides of said v projections having angled faces, the inner faces having suiiicient spacing to receive said guide arm and hold same until said latch is raised suciently to Withdraw said projection, said latch being made 'inoperative by withdrawing same from the notches in the channel and rotating the latch a short distance -on its pivot.

5. A drag saw having, in combination, a blade, a guide for the middle of said blade, and a blade tip steadying arm consisting of a air of iexible strips hinged to said saw guide and converging to form a spring fork adapted to receive the tip of said'saw in a manner to guide same and leave said saw as it enters its cut.

CHARLES A. FosBERG. 

